hired goon Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 G'day, Does anyone know of others I have missed? Jazztrack on ABC Classic FM is also on Sundays at 5.00pm. And there's the 24-hour ABC jazz station available on channel 200 or whatever , if you have a set-top box for yer telly. --Geoff
jimdgoulding Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Jackie McLean- Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note) Paul Chambers- Bass On Top (Blue Note) Grant Green- Matador (Blue Note) Shelly Manne and His Men- Checkmate (Contemporary) old school tonite
scuzzii Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 I've been graciously lent some CDs by Raptor. Among them Herbie Hancock: River Wow... This is a super recording. Excellent SQ for redbook. Just a melodic and well composed musical journey. Selections: 1. Court and Spark - featuring Norah Jones 2. Edith and the Kingpin - featuring Tina Turner 3. Both Sides Now 4. River - featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 5. Sweet Bird 6. Tea Leaf Prophecy - featuring Joni Mitchell 7. Solitude 8. Amelia - featuring Luciana Souza 9. Nefertiti 10. The Jungle Line - featuring Leonard Cohen I'm very pleased to have spun this CD. Thanks Raptor!!! 1
raptor Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Glad you like it Scuzzi, I have been most impressed by it and also Possibilities, Herbie does well in collaborations IMO.
Marine Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 I've been graciously lent some CDs by Raptor. Among themHerbie Hancock: River Wow... This is a super recording. Excellent SQ for redbook. Just a melodic and well composed musical journey. Selections: 1. Court and Spark - featuring Norah Jones 2. Edith and the Kingpin - featuring Tina Turner 3. Both Sides Now 4. River - featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 5. Sweet Bird 6. Tea Leaf Prophecy - featuring Joni Mitchell 7. Solitude 8. Amelia - featuring Luciana Souza 9. Nefertiti 10. The Jungle Line - featuring Leonard Cohen I'm very pleased to have spun this CD. Thanks Raptor!!! I've almost bought this a few times, that does it I'm ordering it from Amazon now! Thanks Scuzzi and Raptor.
mickj1 Posted June 1, 2008 Posted June 1, 2008 Hi I finally managed to pick up a copy of Art Blakey's 'free for all' - it's everything Jimdgoulding says it is - Blakey in top form pushing the musos along - W. Shorter and F. Hubbard positively sing, and I've never heard Curtis Fuller and Cedar Walton sound this good. The RVG remaster gives excellent SQ. I think you'd be very wary of relaxing on the job with Blakey this much on form pushing you along - I was going to write playing underneath - but that's a most inapt description of what he does! -Thanks Jim . I also picked up Stephane Grappelli and Yo-Yo Ma's Anything goes recorded in 1989 - nice enough but pretty bland after the Blakey set. The two of them are almost upstaged by Roger Kellaway's piano playing in places - but given SG's age (81) and that Ma's not playing his usual musical genre I guess that's almost to be expected. Cheers Mick 1
Grimmie Posted June 1, 2008 Posted June 1, 2008 I've been graciously lent some CDs by Raptor. Among themHerbie Hancock: River Wow... This is a super recording. Excellent SQ for redbook. Just a melodic and well composed musical journey. Selections: 1. Court and Spark - featuring Norah Jones 2. Edith and the Kingpin - featuring Tina Turner 3. Both Sides Now 4. River - featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 5. Sweet Bird 6. Tea Leaf Prophecy - featuring Joni Mitchell 7. Solitude 8. Amelia - featuring Luciana Souza 9. Nefertiti 10. The Jungle Line - featuring Leonard Cohen I'm very pleased to have spun this CD. Thanks Raptor!!! quote=scuzzii;116268]I've been graciously lent some CDs by Raptor. Among them Herbie Hancock: River Wow... This is a super recording. Excellent SQ for redbook. Just a melodic and well composed musical journey. I'm very pleased to have spun this CD. Thanks Raptor!!! Hi scuzzi, I bought this album last week (along with Patricia Barber, 'Verse', strange, - but compelling) and am getting to enjoy it more each play. Trouble is, I love, Joni Mitchells Blue and her wonderful, inimitable voice, so find it hard not to compare, unfavourably. Especially Corrine B R. on the title track, otherwise excellent. Grimmie
Sentient Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 Currently spinning - Jacintha , Lush Life I have to say, most Jazz artists/albums take time for me to "bond" to. But Jacintha is very easy on the ears, and takes no time at all.
scuzzii Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 quote=scuzzii;116268]I've been graciously lent some CDs by Raptor. Among themHerbie Hancock: River Wow... This is a super recording. Excellent SQ for redbook. Just a melodic and well composed musical journey. I'm very pleased to have spun this CD. Thanks Raptor!!! Hi scuzzi, I bought this album last week (along with Patricia Barber, 'Verse', strange, - but compelling) and am getting to enjoy it more each play. Trouble is, I love, Joni Mitchells Blue and her wonderful, inimitable voice, so find it hard not to compare, unfavourably. Especially Corrine B R. on the title track, otherwise excellent. Grimmie Grimmie, that is understandable. I've not heard much Joni Mitchell and that could have possibly contributed to my instant liking of this recording. Had I already been enamored with Joni, might have been a different story. I really like Tina Turner's songs on her. Good to see/hear her back.. 1
scuzzii Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 Currently spinning - Jacintha , Lush Life I have to say, most Jazz artists/albums take time for me to "bond" to. But Jacintha is very easy on the ears, and takes no time at all. Autumn leaves by Jacintha is a great one as well Andrew. I played it a few times last night. 1
mickj1 Posted June 3, 2008 Posted June 3, 2008 Hi Been playing the 2 CD compilation of the entire Curtis Counce catalog. An excellent bunch of W Coast musos from the late fifties, with C Counce bass, Carl Perkins (No not the blue suede shoes one!) on piano, Jack Sheldon Tpt, Harold Land on tenor sax and Frank Butler on drums - a really cohesive group - grab this if you see it around. The original cover of their LP - 'you get more bounce with Curtis Counce' - is worth the price of admission just for the kitsch value - If I knew how I'd post it here for your edification, but maybe you can google it... Cheers Mick 1
jimdgoulding Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 Nik Bartsch's Ronin- Holon (ECM). Charles Lloyd (with the best group he has ever fielded)- Voice in the Night (ECM). Not a big fan of this dude, usually. He's too precocious to me but he cooks on Homage, a tribute to Coltrane.
4heckssake Posted June 7, 2008 Author Posted June 7, 2008 Esbjorn Svensson Trio Tuesday Wonderland Esbjorn Svensson Trio Somewhere Else Before Both fantastic, can't get enough of their work. Thanks Marine! 1
Sentient Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 Am watching/listening to Diana Krall - Live in Paris. This is 1 awesome sounding concert dvd, PQ is excellent too.
mickj1 Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 Am watching/listening to Diana Krall - Live in Paris. This is 1 awesome sounding concert dvd, PQ is excellent too. Hi Glad you like it - It's a great DVD - in terms of SQ and PQ it's probably better than Casino Lights and One Night at Blue Note - and nearly there also in jazz musicality! Cheers Mick 1
mickj1 Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Hi Been playing: Full Circle - 2 CD set with Howard alden /Jimmy Bruno gtrs on first CD recorded 1998, celebrating 25 years of Concord Jazz, with Herb Ellis/Joe Pass on 2nd CD recorded 1973 - Concord's first ever release. Nice laid back guitar interplay on both. Also John Coltrane/Duke Ellington on Impulse - it doesn't get much better than listening to them playing 'In a sentimental mood' at this time of night with a glass of good red - especially Tas Pinot. Cheers Mick 1
hired goon Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 G'day, The Horace Silver Quintet - "Song For My Father" Donald Byrd - "Off To The Races" --Geoff 1
curly joe Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Collapsed on the lounge with a glass of red and had a listen to Diana Krall last night. This one sounds great played through the Ribbons. [ATTACH]2592[/ATTACH] Cheers CJ
Marine Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Winter In Venice (1997) Can you see the pattern yet?
jimdgoulding Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Horace Silver- Tokyo Blues; Six Pieces of Silver. Both Blue Note originals. 2
Marine Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Esbjörn Svensson Trio - From Gagarin's Point Of View (1999) Enjoying every album, man am I going to miss Esbjörn. I only hope he's jammin' somewhere, maybe with Buddy Rich on drums and Charles Mingus on bass.
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